Legal Insight

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8.5% from

“…moonlighting as a matter of principle is unacceptable…” (extract from judgment) Up to a quarter of all middle-class South Africans

“The crux of the case is about unequal treatment of persons. (Extract from judgment below) The recent High Court judgment

“Fraud is a cancer that is crippling our country” (Supreme Court of Appeal in 2019) An all-too-common scenario in these

“…an employment relationship is predicated on trust” (Extract from judgment below) Our courts have once again confirmed that dismissal is

South Africans employ an estimated 900,000 domestic workers. They assist us with a range of tasks that keep our homes

“…an employer may not require or permit an employee to work … overtime except in accordance with an agreement” (Basic

Employers and employees need to keep an eye on the annual increases in both the National Minimum Wage and the

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” (Sir Walter Scott, quoted in the judgment